2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2

Men's VL2
at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint
World Championships
VenueSportpark Duisburg
LocationDuisburg, Germany
Dates23–26 August
Competitors19 from 16 nations
Winning time50.344
Medalists
gold medal Fernando Rufino   Brazil
silver medal Igor Alex Tofalini   Brazil
bronze medal Steven Haxton   United States
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The men's VL2 competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place at Sportpark Duisburg.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Wednesday 23 August 2023 15:40 Heats
Thursday 24 August 2023 15:20 Semifinals
Saturday 26 August 2023 8:50 Final B
11:41 Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final.
The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[2][3][4]

Heat 1

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Igor Alex Tofalini  Brazil 51.727 QA
2 Higinio Rivero  Spain 54.236 QS
3 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 54.264 QS
4 Tamás Juhász  Hungary 56.922 QS
5 Takanori Kato  Japan 1:02.718 QS
6 Santi Wantawee  Thailand 1:04.843 QS
7 Moritz Berthold  Germany 1:17.233 QS

Heat 2

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Fernando Rufino  Brazil 52.579 QA
2 Róbert Suba  Hungary 54.386 QS
3 Andrii Kryvchun  Ukraine 56.356 QS
4 Eslam Jahedi  Iran 57.504 QS
5 Anas Al Khalifa  Germany 1:01.032 QS
6 Miroslav Šperk  Czech Republic 1:05.319 QS

Heat 3

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Steven Haxton  United States 53.301 QA
2 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 54.173 QS
3 Edward Clifton  Great Britain 55.774 QS
4 Marius-Bogdan Ciustea  Italy 1:00.355 QS
5 Gajendra Singh  India 1:03.621 QS
6 Yuta Takagi  Japan 1:06.652 QS

Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next four fastest boats in each semi and fastest eighth-placer advanced to the B final.[5][6]

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Higinio Rivero  Spain 53.437 QA
2 Andrii Kryvchun  Ukraine 54.383 QA
3 Edward Clifton  Great Britain 54.701 QA
4 Tamás Juhász  Hungary 55.027 QB
5 Marius-Bogdan Ciustea  Italy 58.732 QB
6 Anas Al Khalifa  Germany 58.959 QB
7 Santi Wantawee  Thailand 1:03.006 QB
8 Yuta Takagi  Japan 1:10.905 qB

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Róbert Suba  Hungary 52.175 QA
2 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 53.012 QA
3 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 54.225 QA
4 Eslam Jahedi  Iran 55.613 QB
5 Miroslav Šperk  Czech Republic 1:00.947 QB
6 Takanori Kato  Japan 1:02.950 QB
7 Gajendra Singh  India 1:04.283 QB
8 Moritz Berthold  Germany 1:16.392

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.[7]

Rank Canoeist Country Time
1 Tamás Juhász  Hungary 56.864
2 Eslam Jahedi  Iran 57.149
3 Marius-Bogdan Ciustea  Italy 59.092
4 Anas Al Khalifa  Germany 1:00.531
5 Miroslav Šperk  Czech Republic 1:02.590
6 Gajendra Singh  India 1:02.716
7 Santi Wantawee  Thailand 1:02.963
8 Takanori Kato  Japan 1:05.667
9 Yuta Takagi  Japan 1:08.001

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[8]

Rank Canoeist Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fernando Rufino  Brazil 50.344
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Igor Alex Tofalini  Brazil 51.229
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steven Haxton  United States 52.089
4 Róbert Suba  Hungary 52.848
5 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 53.143
6 Higinio Rivero  Spain 54.137
7 Andrii Kryvchun  Ukraine 54.246
8 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 54.411
9 Edward Clifton  Great Britain 55.382

References

  1. ^ "ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships 2023 Schedule". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - 1st Heat". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - 2nd Heat". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - 3rd Heat". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - Semifinal 1". Spotfokus. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - Semifinal 2". Spotfokus. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - Final B". Spotfokus. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - Final A". Spotfokus. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.